Ulysses
by James Joyce
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalhistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatesurrealglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipsocial commentaryself destruction/implosion
Boxlist takeFresh and heavy: a smart novel, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
Written over a seven-year period, from 1914 to 1921, this book has survived bowdlerization, legal action and controversy. The novel deals with the events of one day in Dublin, 16th June 1904, now known as "Bloomsday". The principal characters are Stephen Dedalus, Leopold Bloom and his wife Molly. Ulysses has been labelled dirty, blasphemous and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M.
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- Author
- James Joyce
- Published
- 1918
- Pages
- 736
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- Open Library
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